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ambulating

ambulating is the present participle and gerund of ambulate.

Meaning of ambulate

Verb

ambulate (third-person singular simple present ambulates, present participle ambulating, simple past and past participle ambulated)

  1. (formal, intransitive) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
    • For patients who can ambulate, a bedpan is usually not needed.

Questions about ambulating

What is ambulating the present participle and gerund of?
Ambulating is the present participle and gerund of ambulate.

Words near ambulating in the dictionary

  1. ambulants
  2. Ambulas
  3. ambulate
  4. ambulated
  5. ambulates
  6. ambulating
  7. ambulation
  8. ambulations
  9. ambulative
  10. ambulator
  11. ambulatorial

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